Allison Schiff, Author at Chief Marketer

AI

These AI Agents Want To Handle All The Annoying Parts Of Media Buying

It’s the great irony of programmatic. The bidding is automated down to the millisecond, but the day-to-day work of running campaigns is still largely manual, from copying data between systems and reconciling reports to running QA checks and drafting explanations for clients when metrics don’t line up. “Inside of the platforms, it’s AI everywhere – but […]

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Zoom’s Next Act

Zoom CMO Kim Storin has one of the rarer jobs in marketing: She’s responsible for promoting and evolving a brand that’s also become a verb.

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Manscaped’s Whole‑Body Media Strategy

Behind the scenes with Manscaped CMO Marcelo Kertész on the brand’s first Super Bowl spot – a musical ad starring singing hair balls (just watch it) – and how he’s shifting Manscaped’s marketing from performance-heavy DTC to a broader, brand-led strategy.

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AdMarketplace Is Piloting Performance Ads In AI Chat

AI chat is starting to look more and more like a media channel, which means someone’s gotta figure out the ad model. Although chatbot conversations are loaded with commercial intent – ChatGPT knows it – there’s still no clear playbook for monetizing those interactions without messing with the user experience. Search advertising specialist adMarketplace is one of […]

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‘Bake It Till You Make It’: Inside Quicken’s Kid-Run Small-Business Campaign

Most financial marketing that’s aimed at small business owners has a cookie-cutter feel. But for Quicken’s latest campaign to promote its all-in-one app for managing business and personal finances, the team decided to get a little playful.

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AI Is The New Ad Space

AI isn’t just a productivity tool, says Debra Aho Williamson, founder of Sonata Insights. It’s a brand-new media environment that’s reshaping how people decide what to buy and challenging marketers to completely rethink the funnel.

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Betterment’s ‘Anti‑Marketing’ Machine

Kim Rosenblum, CMO of investment app Betterment, unpacks her “anti‑marketing” playbook, which involves telling customers not to engage and shifting away from chasing cheap CAC to prioritizing lifetime value.

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Who Needs ‘Corrosive Intermediaries’ Anyway?

The programmatic supply chain is “pretty flawed,” says Danny Spears, COO of publisher alliance Ozone, and value is leaking away from digital media brands. But that doesn’t mean they need to stand there and take it.

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Why Scripps Is All In On Women’s Sports

Scripps CRO Brian Norris explains why the broadcaster is leaning into women’s and local sports – and how that shift is reshaping the media plan.

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Data-Driven Thinking

What Happens When A Brand Fails To Deliver On Its Basic Promise

FedEx delivers more than 15 million packages per day in the US. It runs one the largest, most time-sensitive logistics networks on planet Earth. Last year, it had a 95.3% on-time score for package delivery during the peak parcel season. Wow. But what if you’re part of the 4.7% percent? I’d argue a company whose […]

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